Add vdev_id for JBOD-friendly udev aliases

vdev_id parses the file /etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf to map a physical path
in a storage topology to a channel name.  The channel name is combined
with a disk enclosure slot number to create an alias that reflects the
physical location of the drive.  This is particularly helpful when it
comes to tasks like replacing failed drives.  Slot numbers may also be
re-mapped in case the default numbering is unsatisfactory.  The drive
aliases will be created as symbolic links in /dev/disk/by-vdev.

The only currently supported topologies are sas_direct and sas_switch:

o  sas_direct - a channel is uniquely identified by a PCI slot and a
   HBA port

o  sas_switch - a channel is uniquely identified by a SAS switch port

A multipath mode is supported in which dm-mpath devices are handled by
examining the first running component disk, as reported by 'multipath
-l'.  In multipath mode the configuration file should contain a
channel definition with the same name for each path to a given
enclosure.

vdev_id can replace the existing zpool_id script on systems where the
storage topology conforms to sas_direct or sas_switch.  The script
could be extended to support other topologies as well.  The advantage
of vdev_id is that it is driven by a single static input file that can
be shared across multiple nodes having a common storage toplogy.
zpool_id, on the other hand, requires a unique /etc/zfs/zdev.conf per
node and a separate slot-mapping file.  However, zpool_id provides the
flexibility of using any device names that show up in
/dev/disk/by-path, so it may still be needed on some systems.

vdev_id's functionality subsumes that of the sas_switch_id script, and
it is unlikely that anyone is using it, so sas_switch_id is removed.

Finally, /dev/disk/by-vdev is added to the list of directories that
'zpool import' will scan.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Closes #713

28 files changed, 1171 insertions, 115 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/Makefile.am b/cmd/Makefile.am
index de2db4030..5c8afb4e7 100644
--- a/cmd/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/Makefile.am
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 SUBDIRS  = zfs zpool zdb zinject ztest zpios mount_zfs
-SUBDIRS += zpool_layout zvol_id zpool_id sas_switch_id
+SUBDIRS += zpool_layout zvol_id zpool_id vdev_id
diff --git a/cmd/Makefile.in b/cmd/Makefile.in
index 0efcdb4a2..ffc2834f9 100644
--- a/cmd/Makefile.in
+++ b/cmd/Makefile.in
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 udevdir = @udevdir@
 udevruledir = @udevruledir@
 SUBDIRS = zfs zpool zdb zinject ztest zpios mount_zfs zpool_layout \
-	zvol_id zpool_id sas_switch_id
+	zvol_id zpool_id vdev_id
 all: all-recursive
 
 .SUFFIXES:
diff --git a/cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile.am b/cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index b666bea0a..000000000
--- a/cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dist_udev_SCRIPTS = sas_switch_id
diff --git a/cmd/sas_switch_id/sas_switch_id b/cmd/sas_switch_id/sas_switch_id
deleted file mode 100755
index ecaabc028..000000000
--- a/cmd/sas_switch_id/sas_switch_id
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# sas_switch_id
-#
-# Callout script for multipathd to obtain disk UUIDs.  Combine the UUID
-# from the scsi_id program with the SAS switch port number and enclosure
-# bay number, if available.  This naming convention enables easier
-# identification of the physical drive location when multiple disk
-# enclosures are accessed via a SAS switch.  For other storage
-# topologies just return the undecorated UUID of the drive.
-
-PHYS_PER_PORT=4
-DEV=
-
-usage() {
-        cat << EOF
-Usage: sas_switch_id [-d disk] [-p phys_per_port]
-  -d    Basename of the disk device [default=none]
-  -p    Number of PHYs per switch port [default=${PHYS_PER_PORT}]
-  -h    Show this message
-EOF
-        exit 0
-}
-
-while getopts 'd:p:h' OPTION; do
-        case ${OPTION} in
-        d)
-                DEV=${OPTARG}
-                ;;
-        p)
-                PHYS_PER_PORT=${OPTARG}
-                ;;
-        h)
-                usage
-                ;;
-        esac
-done
-
-if [ -z "$DEV" ] ; then
-	echo "Error: missing required option -d"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-UUID=`/lib/udev/scsi_id --whitelisted --device=/dev/$DEV`
-if [ $? != 0 -o -z "$UUID" ] ; then
-	exit 1
-fi
-sys_path=`udevadm info -q path -p /sys/block/$DEV`
-dirs=(`echo "$sys_path" | tr / ' '`)
-switch_port_dir="/sys"
-
-# Get path up to /sys/.../hostX
-for (( i=0; i<${#dirs[*]}; i++ )); do
-	d=${dirs[$i]}
-	switch_port_dir=$switch_port_dir/$d
-	echo $d | egrep -q -e '^host[0-9]+$' && break
-done
-
-if [ $i = ${#dirs[*]} ] ; then
-	echo $UUID
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-# The directory three levels beneath /sys/.../hostX contains
-# symlinks to phy devices that reveal the switch port number.
-# Lowest phy number is $PHYS_PER_PORT*switch_port_number.
-for (( j=(($i+1)) ; j<(($i+4)); j++ )); do
-	switch_port_dir=$switch_port_dir/${dirs[$j]}
-done
-pushd $switch_port_dir > /dev/null
-PHY=`ls -d phy* 2>/dev/null | head -1 | awk -F: '{print $NF}'`
-PORT=$(( $PHY / $PHYS_PER_PORT ))
-popd > /dev/null
-if [ -z "$PHY" ] ; then
-	echo $UUID
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-# Look in /sys/.../sas_device/end_device-X for the bay_identifier
-# attribute.
-end_device_dir=$switch_port_dir
-for (( k=$j ; k<${#dirs[*]} ; k++ )); do
-	d=${dirs[$k]}
-	end_device_dir=$end_device_dir/$d
-	if echo $d | egrep -q -e '^end_device' ; then
-		end_device_dir=$end_device_dir/sas_device/$d
-		break
-	fi
-done
-SLOT=`cat $end_device_dir/bay_identifier 2>/dev/null`
-if [ -z "$SLOT" ] ; then
-	echo $UUID
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-echo "$UUID-switch-port:$PORT-slot:$SLOT"
diff --git a/cmd/vdev_id/Makefile.am b/cmd/vdev_id/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb815faad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/vdev_id/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dist_udev_SCRIPTS = vdev_id
diff --git a/cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile.in b/cmd/vdev_id/Makefile.in
index 12be6784e..8f3b4ae6a 100644
--- a/cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile.in
+++ b/cmd/vdev_id/Makefile.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
 build_triplet = @build@
 host_triplet = @host@
 target_triplet = @target@
-subdir = cmd/sas_switch_id
+subdir = cmd/vdev_id
 DIST_COMMON = $(dist_udev_SCRIPTS) $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
 	$(srcdir)/Makefile.in
 ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 udevdir = @udevdir@
 udevruledir = @udevruledir@
-dist_udev_SCRIPTS = sas_switch_id
+dist_udev_SCRIPTS = vdev_id
 all: all-am
 
 .SUFFIXES:
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ $(srcdir)/Makefile.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(srcdir)/Makefile.am  $(am__confi
 	      exit 1;; \
 	  esac; \
 	done; \
-	echo ' cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile'; \
+	echo ' cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu cmd/vdev_id/Makefile'; \
 	$(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) && \
-	  $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile
+	  $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu cmd/vdev_id/Makefile
 .PRECIOUS: Makefile
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	@case '$?' in \
diff --git a/cmd/vdev_id/vdev_id b/cmd/vdev_id/vdev_id
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d2781972f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/vdev_id/vdev_id
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# vdev_id: udev helper to generate user-friendly names for JBOD disks
+#
+# This script parses the file /etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf to map a
+# physical path in a storage topology to a channel name.  The
+# channel name is combined with a disk enclosure slot number to
+# create an alias that reflects the physical location of the drive.
+# This is particularly helpful when it comes to tasks like replacing
+# failed drives.  Slot numbers may also be re-mapped in case the
+# default numbering is unsatisfactory.  The drive aliases will be
+# created as symbolic links in /dev/disk/by-vdev.
+#
+# The only currently supported topologies are sas_direct and
+# sas_switch.  A multipath mode is supported in which dm-mpath
+# devices are handled by examining the first-listed running
+# component disk.  In multipath mode the configuration file
+# should contain a channel definition with the same name for
+# each path to a given enclosure.
+
+#
+# Some example configuration files are given below.
+
+# #
+# # Example vdev_id.conf - sas_direct.
+# #
+#
+# multipath     no
+# topology      sas_direct
+# phys_per_port 4
+#
+# #       PCI_ID  HBA PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+# channel 85:00.0 1         A
+# channel 85:00.0 0         B
+# channel 86:00.0 1         C
+# channel 86:00.0 0         D
+#
+# #    Linux	Mapped
+# #    Slot	Slot
+# slot 1        7
+# slot 2        10
+# slot 3        3
+# slot 4        6
+# slot 5        2
+# slot 6        8
+# slot 7        1
+# slot 8        4
+# slot 9        9
+# slot 10       5
+
+# #
+# # Example vdev_id.conf - sas_switch
+# #
+#
+# topology      sas_switch
+#
+# #       SWITCH PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+# channel 1            A
+# channel 2            B
+# channel 3            C
+# channel 4            D
+
+# #
+# # Example vdev_id.conf - multipath
+# #
+#
+# multipath yes
+#
+# #       PCI_ID  HBA PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+# channel 85:00.0 1         A
+# channel 85:00.0 0         B
+# channel 86:00.0 1         A
+# channel 86:00.0 0         B
+
+PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+CONFIG=/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf
+PHYS_PER_PORT=
+DEV=
+SLOT_MAP=
+CHANNEL_MAP=
+MULTIPATH=
+TOPOLOGY=
+declare -i i j
+
+usage() {
+	cat << EOF
+Usage: vdev_id [-h]
+       vdev_id <-d device> [-c config_file] [-p phys_per_port]
+               [-g sas_direct|sas_switch] [-m]
+
+  -c    specify name of alernate config file [default=$CONFIG]
+  -d    specify basename of device (i.e. sda)
+  -g    Storage network topology [default="$TOPOLOGY"]
+  -m    Run in multipath mode
+  -p    number of phy's per switch port [default=$PHYS_PER_PORT]
+  -h    show this summary
+EOF
+	exit 0
+}
+
+map_slot() {
+	local LINUX_SLOT=$1
+	local MAPPED_SLOT=
+
+	MAPPED_SLOT=`awk "/^slot / && \\$2 == ${LINUX_SLOT} \
+			{ print \\$3; exit }" $CONFIG`
+	if [ -z "$MAPPED_SLOT" ] ; then
+		MAPPED_SLOT=$LINUX_SLOT
+	fi
+	printf "%d" ${MAPPED_SLOT}
+}
+
+map_channel() {
+	local MAPPED_CHAN=
+	local PCI_ID=$1
+	local PORT=$2
+
+	case $TOPOLOGY in
+		"sas_switch")
+		MAPPED_CHAN=`awk "/^channel / && \\$2 == ${PORT} \
+			{ print \\$3; exit }" $CONFIG`
+		;;
+		"sas_direct")
+		MAPPED_CHAN=`awk "/^channel / && \\$2 == \"${PCI_ID}\" && \
+				\\$3 == ${PORT} { print \\$4; exit }" \
+				$CONFIG`
+		;;
+	esac
+	printf "%s" ${MAPPED_CHAN}
+}
+
+while getopts 'c:s:d:g:mp:h' OPTION; do
+	case ${OPTION} in
+	c)
+		CONFIG=`readlink -e ${OPTARG}`
+	;;
+	d)
+	DEV=${OPTARG}
+	;;
+	g)
+		TOPOLOGY=$OPTARG
+		;;
+	p)
+		PHYS_PER_PORT=${OPTARG}
+		;;
+	m)
+		MULTIPATH_MODE=yes
+		;;
+	s)
+		SLOT_MAP=`readlink -e ${OPTARG}`
+		if [ ! -r $SLOT_MAP ] ; then
+			echo "Error: $SLOT_MAP is nonexistant or unreadable"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		;;
+	h)
+		usage
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+if [ ! -r $CONFIG ] ; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$DEV" ] ; then
+	echo "Error: missing required option -d"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$TOPOLOGY" ] ; then
+	TOPOLOGY=`awk "/^topology /{print \\$2; exit}" $CONFIG`
+fi
+TOPOLOGY=${TOPOLOGY:-sas_direct}
+case $TOPOLOGY in
+	sas_direct|sas_switch)
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Error: unknown topology $TOPOLOGY"
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$PHYS_PER_PORT" ] ; then
+	PHYS_PER_PORT=`awk "/^phys_per_port /{print \\$2; exit}" $CONFIG`
+fi
+PHYS_PER_PORT=${PHYS_PER_PORT:-4}
+if ! echo $PHYS_PER_PORT | egrep -q '^[0-9]+$' ; then
+	echo "Error: phys_per_port value $PHYS_PER_PORT is non-numeric"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$MULTIPATH_MODE" ] ; then
+	MULTIPATH_MODE=`awk "/^multipath /{print \\$2; exit}" $CONFIG`
+fi
+
+# Use first running component device if we're handling a dm-mpath device.
+if [ "$MULTIPATH_MODE" = "yes" ] ; then
+	# If udev didn't tell us the UUID via DM_NAME, find it in /dev/mapper
+	if [ -z "$DM_NAME" ] ; then
+		DM_NAME=`ls -l --full-time /dev/mapper |
+			 awk "/\/$DEV$/{print \\$9}"`
+	fi
+
+	# For raw disks udev exports DEVTYPE=partition when handling partitions,
+	# and the rules can be written to take advantage of this to append a
+	# -part suffix.  For dm devices we get DEVTYPE=disk even for partitions
+	# so we have to append the -part suffix directly in the helper.
+	if [ "$DEVTYPE" != "partition" ] ; then
+		PART=`echo $DM_NAME | awk -Fp '/p/{print "-part"$2}'`
+	fi
+
+	# Strip off partition information.
+	DM_NAME=`echo $DM_NAME | sed 's/p[0-9][0-9]*$//'`
+	if [ -z "$DM_NAME" ] ; then
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	# Get the raw scsi device name from multipath -l.
+	DEV=`multipath -l $DM_NAME |awk '/running/{print $3 ; exit}'`
+	if [ -z "$DEV" ] ; then
+		exit 0
+	fi
+fi
+
+if echo $DEV | grep -q ^/devices/ ; then
+	sys_path=$DEV
+else
+	sys_path=`udevadm info -q path -p /sys/block/$DEV 2>/dev/null`
+fi
+
+dirs=(`echo "$sys_path" | tr / ' '`)
+scsi_host_dir="/sys"
+
+# Get path up to /sys/.../hostX
+for (( i=0; i<${#dirs[*]}; i++ )); do
+	d=${dirs[$i]}
+	scsi_host_dir="$scsi_host_dir/$d"
+	echo $d | egrep -q -e '^host[0-9]+$' && break
+done
+
+if [ $i = ${#dirs[*]} ] ; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+PCI_ID=`echo ${dirs[$(( $i - 1 ))]} | awk -F: '{print $2":"$3}'`
+
+# In sas_switch mode, the directory three levels beneath /sys/.../hostX
+# contains symlinks to phy devices that reveal the switch port number.  In
+# sas_direct mode, the phy links one directory down reveal the HBA port.
+port_dir=$scsi_host_dir
+case $TOPOLOGY in
+	"sas_switch") j=$(($i+4)) ;;
+	"sas_direct") j=$(($i + 1)) ;;
+esac
+for (( i++; i<=$j; i++ )); do
+	port_dir="$port_dir/${dirs[$i]}"
+done
+
+PHY=`ls -d $port_dir/phy* 2>/dev/null | head -1 | awk -F: '{print $NF}'`
+if [ -z "$PHY" ] ; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+PORT=$(( $PHY / $PHYS_PER_PORT ))
+
+# Look in /sys/.../sas_device/end_device-X for the bay_identifier
+# attribute.
+end_device_dir=$port_dir
+for (( ; i<${#dirs[*]} ; i++ )); do
+	d=${dirs[$i]}
+	end_device_dir="$end_device_dir/$d"
+	if echo $d | egrep -q -e '^end_device' ; then
+		end_device_dir="$end_device_dir/sas_device/$d"
+		break
+	fi
+done
+
+SLOT=`cat $end_device_dir/bay_identifier 2>/dev/null`
+if [ -z "$SLOT" ] ; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+SLOT=`map_slot $SLOT`
+CHAN=`map_channel $PCI_ID $PORT`
+if [ -z "$CHAN" ] ; then
+	exit 0
+fi
+ID_VDEV=${CHAN}${SLOT}${PART}
+
+echo "ID_VDEV=${ID_VDEV}"
+echo "ID_VDEV_PATH=disk/by-vdev/${ID_VDEV}"
diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_vdev.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_vdev.c
index a65847038..8c4fadebd 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_vdev.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_vdev.c
@@ -367,9 +367,9 @@ is_whole_disk(const char *path)
 /*
  * This may be a shorthand device path or it could be total gibberish.
  * Check to see if it's a known device in /dev/, /dev/disk/by-id,
- * /dev/disk/by-label, /dev/disk/by-path, /dev/disk/by-uuid, or
- * /dev/disk/zpool/.  As part of this check, see if we've been given
- * an entire disk (minus the slice number).
+ * /dev/disk/by-label, /dev/disk/by-path, /dev/disk/by-uuid,
+ * /dev/disk/by-vdev, or /dev/disk/zpool/.  As part of this check, see
+ * if we've been given an entire disk (minus the slice number).
  */
 static int
 is_shorthand_path(const char *arg, char *path,
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6b198f873..9bcc551f4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -24325,7 +24325,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether dmu tx validation is enabled... " >&6; }
 $as_echo "$enable_debug_dmu_tx" >&6; }
 
 
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile dracut/Makefile dracut/90zfs/Makefile udev/Makefile udev/rules.d/Makefile etc/Makefile etc/init.d/Makefile etc/zfs/Makefile man/Makefile man/man8/Makefile lib/Makefile lib/libspl/Makefile lib/libspl/asm-generic/Makefile lib/libspl/asm-i386/Makefile lib/libspl/asm-x86_64/Makefile lib/libspl/include/Makefile lib/libspl/include/ia32/Makefile lib/libspl/include/ia32/sys/Makefile lib/libspl/include/rpc/Makefile lib/libspl/include/sys/Makefile lib/libspl/include/sys/sysevent/Makefile lib/libspl/include/sys/dktp/Makefile lib/libspl/include/util/Makefile lib/libavl/Makefile lib/libefi/Makefile lib/libnvpair/Makefile lib/libunicode/Makefile lib/libuutil/Makefile lib/libzpool/Makefile lib/libzfs/Makefile lib/libshare/Makefile cmd/Makefile cmd/zdb/Makefile cmd/zfs/Makefile cmd/zinject/Makefile cmd/zpool/Makefile cmd/ztest/Makefile cmd/zpios/Makefile cmd/mount_zfs/Makefile cmd/zpool_layout/Makefile cmd/zvol_id/Makefile cmd/zpool_id/Makefile cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile module/Makefile module/avl/Makefile module/nvpair/Makefile module/unicode/Makefile module/zcommon/Makefile module/zfs/Makefile module/zpios/Makefile include/Makefile include/linux/Makefile include/sys/Makefile include/sys/fs/Makefile include/sys/fm/Makefile include/sys/fm/fs/Makefile scripts/Makefile scripts/zpios-profile/Makefile scripts/zpios-test/Makefile scripts/zpool-config/Makefile scripts/zpool-layout/Makefile scripts/common.sh zfs.spec zfs-modules.spec PKGBUILD-zfs PKGBUILD-zfs-modules zfs-script-config.sh"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile dracut/Makefile dracut/90zfs/Makefile udev/Makefile udev/rules.d/Makefile etc/Makefile etc/init.d/Makefile etc/zfs/Makefile man/Makefile man/man5/Makefile man/man8/Makefile lib/Makefile lib/libspl/Makefile lib/libspl/asm-generic/Makefile lib/libspl/asm-i386/Makefile lib/libspl/asm-x86_64/Makefile lib/libspl/include/Makefile lib/libspl/include/ia32/Makefile lib/libspl/include/ia32/sys/Makefile lib/libspl/include/rpc/Makefile lib/libspl/include/sys/Makefile lib/libspl/include/sys/sysevent/Makefile lib/libspl/include/sys/dktp/Makefile lib/libspl/include/util/Makefile lib/libavl/Makefile lib/libefi/Makefile lib/libnvpair/Makefile lib/libunicode/Makefile lib/libuutil/Makefile lib/libzpool/Makefile lib/libzfs/Makefile lib/libshare/Makefile cmd/Makefile cmd/zdb/Makefile cmd/zfs/Makefile cmd/zinject/Makefile cmd/zpool/Makefile cmd/ztest/Makefile cmd/zpios/Makefile cmd/mount_zfs/Makefile cmd/zpool_layout/Makefile cmd/zvol_id/Makefile cmd/zpool_id/Makefile cmd/vdev_id/Makefile module/Makefile module/avl/Makefile module/nvpair/Makefile module/unicode/Makefile module/zcommon/Makefile module/zfs/Makefile module/zpios/Makefile include/Makefile include/linux/Makefile include/sys/Makefile include/sys/fs/Makefile include/sys/fm/Makefile include/sys/fm/fs/Makefile scripts/Makefile scripts/zpios-profile/Makefile scripts/zpios-test/Makefile scripts/zpool-config/Makefile scripts/zpool-layout/Makefile scripts/common.sh zfs.spec zfs-modules.spec PKGBUILD-zfs PKGBUILD-zfs-modules zfs-script-config.sh"
 
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -25250,6 +25250,7 @@ do
     "etc/init.d/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES etc/init.d/Makefile" ;;
     "etc/zfs/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES etc/zfs/Makefile" ;;
     "man/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES man/Makefile" ;;
+    "man/man5/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES man/man5/Makefile" ;;
     "man/man8/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES man/man8/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/Makefile" ;;
     "lib/libspl/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES lib/libspl/Makefile" ;;
@@ -25283,7 +25284,7 @@ do
     "cmd/zpool_layout/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES cmd/zpool_layout/Makefile" ;;
     "cmd/zvol_id/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES cmd/zvol_id/Makefile" ;;
     "cmd/zpool_id/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES cmd/zpool_id/Makefile" ;;
-    "cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile" ;;
+    "cmd/vdev_id/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES cmd/vdev_id/Makefile" ;;
     "module/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES module/Makefile" ;;
     "module/avl/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES module/avl/Makefile" ;;
     "module/nvpair/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES module/nvpair/Makefile" ;;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0cb5a52d..d693f67e8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	etc/init.d/Makefile
 	etc/zfs/Makefile
 	man/Makefile
+	man/man5/Makefile
 	man/man8/Makefile
 	lib/Makefile
 	lib/libspl/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 	cmd/zpool_layout/Makefile
 	cmd/zvol_id/Makefile
 	cmd/zpool_id/Makefile
-	cmd/sas_switch_id/Makefile
+	cmd/vdev_id/Makefile
 	module/Makefile
 	module/avl/Makefile
 	module/nvpair/Makefile
diff --git a/etc/zfs/Makefile.am b/etc/zfs/Makefile.am
index 027c397e4..b1a1cf43c 100644
--- a/etc/zfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/etc/zfs/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 pkgsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/zfs
 
 pkgsysconf_DATA = \
+	vdev_id.conf.sas_direct.example \
+	vdev_id.conf.sas_switch.example \
+	vdev_id.conf.multipath.example \
 	zdev.conf \
 	zdev.conf.supermicro.example \
 	zdev.conf.dragon.example \
diff --git a/etc/zfs/Makefile.in b/etc/zfs/Makefile.in
index 1d223d885..f2aef91c3 100644
--- a/etc/zfs/Makefile.in
+++ b/etc/zfs/Makefile.in
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ udevdir = @udevdir@
 udevruledir = @udevruledir@
 pkgsysconfdir = $(sysconfdir)/zfs
 pkgsysconf_DATA = \
+	vdev_id.conf.sas_direct.example \
+	vdev_id.conf.sas_switch.example \
+	vdev_id.conf.multipath.example \
 	zdev.conf \
 	zdev.conf.supermicro.example \
 	zdev.conf.dragon.example \
diff --git a/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.multipath.example b/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.multipath.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1359d37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.multipath.example
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+multipath yes
+
+#       PCI_ID  HBA PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+channel 85:00.0 1         A
+channel 85:00.0 0         B
+channel 86:00.0 1         A
+channel 86:00.0 0         B
diff --git a/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.sas_direct.example b/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.sas_direct.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0c43a78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.sas_direct.example
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+multipath     no
+topology      sas_direct
+phys_per_port 4
+
+#       PCI_ID  HBA PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+channel 85:00.0 1         A
+channel 85:00.0 0         B
+channel 86:00.0 1         C
+channel 86:00.0 0         D
+
+#    Linux      Mapped
+#    Slot       Slot
+slot 1          7
+slot 2          10
+slot 3          3
+slot 4          6
+slot 5          2
+slot 6          8
+slot 7          1
+slot 8          4
+slot 9          9
+slot 10         5
diff --git a/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.sas_switch.example b/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.sas_switch.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b87d65527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.sas_switch.example
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+topology      sas_switch
+
+#       SWITCH PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+channel 1            A
+channel 2            B
+channel 3            C
+channel 4            D
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
index 5f6763c49..3983f5c01 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
@@ -821,11 +821,12 @@ int
 zfs_resolve_shortname(const char *name, char *path, size_t pathlen)
 {
 	int i, err;
-	char dirs[5][9] = {"by-id", "by-label", "by-path", "by-uuid", "zpool"};
+	char dirs[6][9] = {"by-id", "by-label", "by-path", "by-uuid", "zpool",
+			   "by-vdev"};
 
 	(void) snprintf(path, pathlen, "%s/%s", DISK_ROOT, name);
 	err = access(path, F_OK);
-	for (i = 0; i < 5 && err < 0; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < 6 && err < 0; i++) {
 		(void) snprintf(path, pathlen, "%s/%s/%s",
 		    UDISK_ROOT, dirs[i], name);
 		err = access(path, F_OK);
diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 1602da107..0ccc5b491 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SUBDIRS = man8
+SUBDIRS = man5 man8
diff --git a/man/Makefile.in b/man/Makefile.in
index 601361249..bd23249e6 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.in
+++ b/man/Makefile.in
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 udevdir = @udevdir@
 udevruledir = @udevruledir@
-SUBDIRS = man8
+SUBDIRS = man5 man8
 all: all-recursive
 
 .SUFFIXES:
diff --git a/man/man5/Makefile.am b/man/man5/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bb25fd23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/man5/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+man_MANS = vdev_id.conf.5
+EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
+
+install-data-local:
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man5"
diff --git a/man/man5/Makefile.in b/man/man5/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2684134a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/man5/Makefile.in
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diff --git a/man/man5/vdev_id.conf.5 b/man/man5/vdev_id.conf.5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e449360d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/man5/vdev_id.conf.5
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+.TH vdev_id.conf 5
+.SH NAME
+vdev_id.conf \- Configuration file for vdev_id
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I vdev_id.conf
+is the configuration file for
+.BR vdev_id (8).
+It controls the default behavior of
+.BR vdev_id (8)
+while it is mapping a disk device name to an alias.
+.PP
+The
+.I vdev_id.conf
+file uses a simple format consisting of a keyword followed by one or
+more values on a single line.  Any line not beginning with a recognized
+keyword is ignored.  Comments may optionally begin with a hash
+character.
+
+The following keywords and values are used.
+.TP
+\fIchannel\fR [pci_slot] <port> <name>
+Maps a physical path to a channel name (typically representing a single
+disk enclosure).
+
+\fIpci_slot\fR - specifies the PCI SLOT of the HBA
+hosting the disk enclosure being mapped, as found in the output of
+.BR lspci (8).
+This argument is not used in sas_switch mode.
+
+\fIport\fR - specifies the numeric identifier of the HBA or SAS switch port
+connected to the disk enclosure being mapped.
+
+\fIname\fR - specifies the name of the channel.
+
+.TP
+\fIslot\fR <old> <new>
+Maps a disk slot number as reported by the operating system
+to an alternative slot number.
+.TP
+\fImultipath\fR <yes|no>
+Specifies whether
+.BR vdev_id (8)
+will handle only dm-multipath devices.  If set to "yes" then
+.BR vdev_id (8)
+will examine the first running component disk of a dm-multipath
+device as listed by the
+.BR multipath (8)
+command to determine the physical path.
+.TP
+\fItopology\fR <sas_direct|sas_switch>
+Identifies a physical topology that governs how physical paths are
+mapped to channels.
+
+\fIsas_direct\fR - in this mode a channel is uniquely identified by
+a PCI slot and a HBA port number
+
+\fIsas_switch\fR - in this mode a channel is uniquely identified by
+a SAS switch port number
+
+.TP
+\fIphys_per_port\fR <num>
+Specifies the number of PHY devices are associated with a SAS HBA port or SAS
+switch port.
+.BR vdev_id (8)
+internally uses this value to determine which HBA or switch port a
+device is connected to.  The default is 4.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+A non-multipath configuration with direct-attached SAS enclosures and an
+arbitrary slot re-mapping.
+.P
+	multipath     no
+.br
+	topology      sas_direct
+.br
+	phys_per_port 4
+.br
+
+.br
+	#       PCI_SLOT HBA PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+.br
+	channel 85:00.0  1         A
+.br
+	channel 85:00.0  0         B
+.br
+	channel 86:00.0  1         C
+.br
+	channel 86:00.0  0         D
+.br
+
+.br
+	#    Linux      Mapped
+.br
+	#    Slot       Slot
+.br
+	slot 1          7
+.br
+	slot 2          10
+.br
+	slot 3          3
+.br
+	slot 4          6
+.br
+	slot 5          2
+.br
+	slot 6          8
+.br
+	slot 7          1
+.br
+	slot 8          4
+.br
+	slot 9          9
+.br
+	slot 10         5
+.br
+.P
+A SAS-switch topology.  Note that the
+.I channel
+keyword takes only two arguments in this example.
+.P
+	topology      sas_switch
+.br
+
+.br
+	#       SWITCH PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+.br
+	channel 1            A
+.br
+	channel 2            B
+.br
+	channel 3            C
+.br
+	channel 4            D
+.br
+.P
+A multipath configuration.  Note that channel names have multiple
+definitions - one per physical path.
+.P
+	multipath yes
+.br
+
+.br
+	#       PCI_SLOT HBA PORT  CHANNEL NAME
+.br
+	channel 85:00.0  1         A
+.br
+	channel 85:00.0  0         B
+.br
+	channel 86:00.0  1         A
+.br
+	channel 86:00.0  0         B
+.br
+.P
+
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+.I /etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf
+The configuration file for
+.BR vdev_id (8).
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR vdev_id (8)
diff --git a/man/man8/Makefile.am b/man/man8/Makefile.am
index 8f0227f88..619d74fc3 100644
--- a/man/man8/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/man8/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-man_MANS = zdb.8 zfs.8 zpool.8
+man_MANS = vdev_id.8 zdb.8 zfs.8 zpool.8
 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
 
 install-data-local:
diff --git a/man/man8/Makefile.in b/man/man8/Makefile.in
index e50bb5a0e..feac99675 100644
--- a/man/man8/Makefile.in
+++ b/man/man8/Makefile.in
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 udevdir = @udevdir@
 udevruledir = @udevruledir@
-man_MANS = zdb.8 zfs.8 zpool.8
+man_MANS = vdev_id.8 zdb.8 zfs.8 zpool.8
 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)
 all: all-am
 
diff --git a/man/man8/vdev_id.8 b/man/man8/vdev_id.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..612a50bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/man8/vdev_id.8
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+.TH vdev_id 8
+.SH NAME
+vdev_id \- generate user-friendly names for JBOD disks
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+.nf
+\fBvdev_id\fR <-d dev> [-c config_file] [-g sas_direct|sas_switch]
+                 [-m] [-p phys_per_port]
+\fBvdev_id\fR -h
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The \fBvdev_id\fR command is a udev helper which parses the file
+.BR /etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf (5)
+to map a physical path in a storage topology to a channel name.  The
+channel name is combined with a disk enclosure slot number to create an
+alias that reflects the physical location of the drive.  This is
+particularly helpful when it comes to tasks like replacing failed
+drives.  Slot numbers may also be re-mapped in case the default
+numbering is unsatisfactory.  The drive aliases will be created as
+symbolic links in /dev/disk/by-vdev.
+
+The only currently supported topologies are sas_direct and
+sas_switch.  A multipath mode is supported in which dm-mpath
+devices are handled by examining the first-listed running
+component disk as reported by the
+.BR multipath (8)
+command.  In multipath mode the configuration file should contain a
+channel definition with the same name for each path to a given
+enclosure.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR <config_file>
+Specifies the path to an alternate configuration file.  The default is
+/etc/zfs/vdev_id.conf.
+.TP
+\fB\-d\fR <device>
+This is the only mandatory argument.  Specifies the name of a device
+in /dev, i.e. "sda".
+.TP
+\fB\-g\fR <sas_direct|sas_switch>
+Identifies a physical topology that governs how physical paths are
+mapped to channels.
+
+\fIsas_direct\fR - in this mode a channel is uniquely identified by
+a PCI slot and a HBA port number
+
+\fIsas_switch\fR - in this mode a channel is uniquely identified by
+a SAS switch port number
+.TP
+\fB\-m\fR
+Specifies that
+.BR vdev_id (8)
+will handle only dm-multipath devices.  If set to "yes" then
+.BR vdev_id (8)
+will examine the first running component disk of a dm-multipath
+device as listed by the
+.BR multipath (8)
+command to determine the physical path.
+.TP
+\fB\-p\fR <phys_per_port>
+Specifies the number of PHY devices associated with a SAS HBA port or SAS
+switch port.
+.BR vdev_id (8)
+internally uses this value to determine which HBA or switch port a
+device is connected to.  The default is 4.
+.TP
+\fB\-h\fR
+Print a usage summary.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fBvdev_id.conf\fR(5)
diff --git a/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules.in b/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1885d967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# /lib/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules
+#
+
+ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", IMPORT{program}="/lib/udev/vdev_id -d %k"
+
+KERNEL=="*[!0-9]", ENV{SUBSYSTEM}=="block", ENV{ID_VDEV}=="?*", SYMLINK+="$env{ID_VDEV_PATH}"
+KERNEL=="*[0-9]", ENV{SUBSYSTEM}=="block", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ENV{ID_VDEV}=="?*", SYMLINK+="$env{ID_VDEV_PATH}-part%n"
+KERNEL=="dm-[0-9]*", ENV{SUBSYSTEM}=="block", ENV{ID_VDEV}=="?*", SYMLINK+="$env{ID_VDEV_PATH}"
diff --git a/udev/rules.d/Makefile.am b/udev/rules.d/Makefile.am
index bb4eedfe9..586d76a5e 100644
--- a/udev/rules.d/Makefile.am
+++ b/udev/rules.d/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 udevrule_DATA = \
+	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zpool.rules \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zvol.rules \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/90-zfs.rules
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zpool.rules.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zvol.rules.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/90-zfs.rules.in
diff --git a/udev/rules.d/Makefile.in b/udev/rules.d/Makefile.in
index d016d1646..2f440e126 100644
--- a/udev/rules.d/Makefile.in
+++ b/udev/rules.d/Makefile.in
@@ -313,11 +313,13 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 udevdir = @udevdir@
 udevruledir = @udevruledir@
 udevrule_DATA = \
+	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zpool.rules \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zvol.rules \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/90-zfs.rules
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-vdev.rules.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zpool.rules.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/60-zvol.rules.in \
 	$(top_srcdir)/udev/rules.d/90-zfs.rules.in
diff --git a/zfs.spec.in b/zfs.spec.in
index 2bed540b0..4b5b3ea71 100644
--- a/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/zfs.spec.in
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sbindir}/*
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_libdir}/*
+%{_mandir}/man5/*
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
 %{_sysconfdir}/init.d/*
 %{_sysconfdir}/zfs/*